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I honestly do not think the one i have has anything to do with blood vessels that I know of, or we would see a bruising or at least redness. It reacts exactly like a hive (An allergic reaction). What ...

I have purposely gotten mine to raise by slapping it. But it's the only tattoo that does it. Most likely the oldest pigment too.

I have to assume it's impurities in the pigment. Other than that, ...

I am sure you are referring to laser removal. That is very expensive and very time consuming and repetitive. It will lighten each time but may take many treatments.

What happens is, each time a s ...

No, by law they cannot tell us we cannot have tattoo's, but they can choose someone else, simply because they can. So if you happen to be interviewed by someone who doesn't like tattoo's, you in Shhht ...

Personally, i wouldn't keep using it. But i use tatwax, because it's light enough not to smother it, but has good healing properties in it. - But, if you are using it, and obtaining good results, then ...

<smack> ha ha ha

Your not bad.... i agree with ya. LOL

Best healing is to let your body heal it naturally, air out, a good shower, pat dry... leave it alone and don't let anyone touch it. ...

No, i am not talking about a permanent raising, or a scar from being too deep, i am talking an actual WELT, like a sweat bee bit me in all the places where GREEN ink is. It's an allergic reaction to ...

yeah, it's different for each and every one of us. I hated getting my shoulder area worked on....

my chest was a peace of cake. The back of my neck, actually felt GOOD to get done. The top of my ...

Don't expect a tattoo artist to jeopardize their license or business for anyone. The legal age is 18 in the states and it is 16 in Canada. A professional artist survives on that business and won't tak ...

I often ask what the client is inspired by, or what represents themself.

Like, what do you LOVE?

Me being a LEO, and I am heavily into Metaphysics and being female, who feels life is eternal ...

I think the most painful area's are The eyes, in permanent cosmetics, and in regular tattooing, the arse hurts like crazy, and under the arms. The top of the shoulder I feel hurt more so than the back ...

It's only the color GREEN that welts on me. If you smack it, it will welt all up ONLY in the green parts, which is nearly all green.

It's basically harmless... but an allergic reaction to the pig ...

Kuro Sumi (ink) is the best black i can find.
I like Pelican ink too.

But these are not pigments.

I like Starbright and MOM, and National as far as pigments.

Others will differ....

The state of Ohio law says we must put bacitracin or similar onto the tattoo before client leaves. So we suggest using a very thin layer of bacitracin on the tattoo. You still want it to breathe, so i ...

One should take off the bandage ASAP or no longer than 1 hour. You want it to air out as much as possible, as long as it's not going to be exposed to anything unclean.

Do not place a new bandaid o ...

As a professional tattoo artist, and with out seeing the work, you may want to just place some design close to the bottom, which will hide the bottom part of the u, making it no longer look like a y.. ...

It is illegal in the State of Ohio to attempt to remove a tattoo, unless you are an Physician. Lazer is the only method that i know of around here. I am interested in learning about the freeze method ...

I would like to hypnotize them AFTER they have picked out their design and it's in place. but before i start, so they basically feel no pain. I also do permanent cosmetics, which is pretty painful fo ...

Hello, I am from Ohio, been in the tattooing business since 1993. I am currently in school for hypnotherapy (nothing like giving a pain free tat)

Anyway, No matter how experienced one is.... there ...